SOCB43H3 Lecture : SOCb43lecture2.rtf
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For weber: a group of people doing anything, you always have to understand why they are doing it, what it means to them, and what important it has. The meaningful actions become social actions, related towards other people. (sitting in my room thinking alone: that"s action, but not social action. If i get together with other people and think about ideas, that"s social action. ) Action & meaning: sets weber apart from others. For example: marx - focus was on classes, are you a worker or owner. Studying in a church - less interested in the organization of the. Sociology has to study what people are doing - action & meaning. General types (typology) of action there are - different way people can give meaning to what they do. Four major types of action: purposeful rationality (goal-oriented) - hit someone in the face so they write you notes. Not angry, not random - did it for some reason.
